Tolgay Arslan

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Tolgay Arslan
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Arslan training with Hamburg in 2014
Personal information
Full name Tolgay Ali Arslan
Date of birth (1990-08-16) 16 August 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Paderborn, West Germany
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Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Beşiktaş
Number 18
Youth career
1996–2003 Grün-Weiß Paderborn
2003–2009 Borussia Dortmund
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2015 Hamburger SV 83 (2)
2010–2011 Alemannia Aachen (loan) 31 (6)
2015– Beşiktaş 16 (0)
International career
2009 Turkey U19 2 (1)
2010 Turkey U21 1 (0)
2011 Germany U20 1 (0)
2012–2013 Germany U21 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 June 2015
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 February 2013

Tolgay Ali Arslan (Turkish pronunciation: [toɫɡaj ali aɾsɫan], born 16 August 1990) is a German-Turkish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Beşiktaş.

Club career

Early career

Arslan was born in Paderborn to Turkish parents from Çorum; his father, a real estate agent, moved to Germany when he was 11 years old. He began playing football at the age of six, when his father brought him along to watch Grün-Weiß Paderborn play. Arslan began his career with the local club. Patterning his game around Zinedine Zidane and Gheorghe Hagi, Arslan earned a move to Borussia Dortmund in 2003. After several years in Dortmund's youth team, Arslan moved to Hamburger SV.[1]

Hamburger SV

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Tolgay Arslan signing an autograph for a young fan.

Arslan moved to Hamburger SV on a free transfer in 2009. He made his debut on 23 September 2009, coming in the 70th minute as a substitute for Marcus Berg in the second round of the DFB-Pokal against Osnabrück.[2] Hamburg managed a 3–3 draw, but went on to lose 5–7 following a penalty shootout. Arslan made his league debut on 17 October 2009 in a 0–0 draw against Bayer Leverkusen.[3]

He moved on loan to Alemannia Aachen for the 2010–11 season and scored his first goal for the club in the fifth week of the 2. Bundesliga in a 3–1 win against FSV Frankfurt.[4]

On friendly pre-season game 24 July 2012 he scored in a 1–2 loss against FC Barcelona.

Beşiktaş

On 27 January 2015, Arslan signed a four-and-a-half-year deal with Süper Lig club Beşiktaş.[5] He came on as a substitute for José Sosa on 26 February in the 60th minute of a UEFA Europa League last 32 second leg against Liverpool, and 15 minutes later scored the only goal of the game, taking it to a penalty shootout in which he scored Beşiktaş' last attempt before Dejan Lovren missed to eliminate Liverpool.[6]

International career

Arslan began his career with the Turkey youth teams in 2009. He made two appearances for the U-19 team in 2009.[7] He made his first appearance for the Turkey national under-21 football team against the Republic of Ireland on 7 September 2010.[8]

In December 2010, Arslan switched to the German Football Association.[9] He was first called up to the Germany national under-21 team to face, of all teams, Turkey on 14 November 2012.[10]

Club

As of 30 May 2015.
Club Season League Cup Other Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hamburger SV 2009–10 5 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
2011–12 8 1 0 0 8 1
2012–13 25 0 1 0 26 0
2013–14 32 1 4 0 1 0 37 1
2014–15 13 0 2 0 15 0
Total 83 2 8 0 1 0 0 0 92 2
Alemannia Aachen (loan) 2010–11 31 6 4 0 35 6
Total 31 6 4 0 35 6
Beşiktaş 2014–15 16 0 3 1 3 1 22 2
Total 16 0 3 1 3 1 22 2
Career total 130 8 15 1 1 0 3 1 149 10

References

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